January 28, 2010, 3:32PM

A Harrisburg High School student is in Dauphin County Prison following his arrest Tuesday in connection with a Nov. 28 shooting incident in the city. Steven Craddock, 16, was taken into custody at William Penn High School and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, discharging a weapon into an occupied structure and criminal mischief. Police... Full story »

January 28, 2010, 3:18PM

A Steelton man is in Dauphin County Prison after police say he held his six-year-old son by the ankles and banged the boy's head against a changing table last evening in a men's room at the Colonial Park Mall in Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin County. Johquan Hall, 29, is charged with simple assault and endangering the welfare of a... Full story »

January 28, 2010, 2:56PM

Carlisle police said they threw out a dragnet this afternoon to arrest a borough woman accused of trying to pass a counterfeit $50 bill to buy jewelry at the local Wal-Mart. Kim Williams, 40, was arrested on a forgery charge at 12:45 p.m., about five minutes after leaving the store in the Carlisle Commons shopping center, police said. She was awaiting... Full story »

January 27, 2010, 6:27PM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania campaign consultant will spend 10 months in prison after filing no federal tax returns for 15 years. Howard Cain of Wayne also took $400,000 in state funds to conduct Democratic campaign work for former Sen. Vincent Fumo of Philadelphia. Cain got a break at sentencing Wednesday for testifying at Fumo’s corruption trial.... Full story »

January 27, 2010, 11:53AM

Lower Paxton Township police pulled over and arrested William D. Griffin, 20, of the 600 block of Harvest Drive, after he was spotted Tuesday driving an allegedly stolen 2002 Ford Escape, police said. Griffin was initially charged with receiving stolen property, but Lower Paxton police found evidence that led Harrisburg police to charge him for both a carjacking reported Wednesday... Full story »

January 27, 2010, 10:54AM

State police in Lykens said a 22-year-old man gave tequila to a 17-year-old girl, then raped her after she passed out after a party on Jan. 2 in Williams Township, Pa. Police charged Raymond E. Miller III of Lykens with rape, sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol... Full story »

January 27, 2010, 9:33AM

State police said they have filed indecent assault and corruption of minors charges against David Sanderson, 52, of Dillsburg. Sanderson is accused by police of having improper contact with two girls, ages 14 and 16, at a home in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, between June 2008 and November 2009. Full story »

January 26, 2010, 3:30PM

A man slid a gun through the opening of a glass partition at Joe's Meat Market, 1436 Swatara St. in Harrisburg, and threatened a clerk before fleeing the store without any merchandise, according to Harrisburg police. Police said the man entered the store at 8:55 a.m. today with a gun at his side and demanded cigarettes and a phone card.... Full story »

January 26, 2010, 3:00PM

PITTSBURGH — The lawyer for an 18-year-old viola player who alleges Pittsburgh police officers brutally beat him says he has formally requested an FBI investigation. Kerrington Lewis told The Associated Press he has written a letter to Pittsburgh FBI agent Michael A. Rodriguez. Lewis says only an outside agency can fairly investigate. An FBI spokesman says Rodriguez is out... Full story »

January 26, 2010, 2:54PM

A 17-year-old boy is facing numerous charges after police in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, said he led them on a chase and scuffled with officers early today. Police said the chase started just before 4 a.m. when the teen was seen driving onto Harrisburg Pike without lights. The boy, whom police didn't identify, fled when an officer tried to pull him... Full story »

January 26, 2010, 2:11PM

A Cumberland County judge has approved a $100,000 insurance settlement for the estate of a Mechanicsburg-area man who was killed by a drunken driver. Stuart Bingham Jr., 22, was killed in August when a pickup truck driven by Richard Jones, 52, of Enola, slammed into Bingham's car at Wertzville Road and Center Street in East Pennsboro Township. Jones pleaded guilty... Full story »

January 26, 2010, 12:50PM

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper who didn't appear for a court hearing today on charges that he threatened a Cumberland County prosecutor was ordered to answer for the charges in county court. Carlisle District Judge Jessica Brewbaker sent the threats, obstruction and improper influence charges against Barry Tangert Jr. to county court after taking testimony on the case in Tangert's absence. She waited... Full story »